Runda
Jason Sayer2026-01-19T16:03:02+00:00NIKJOO’s timber-framed house for developer Flawk transforms a tight, curved corner plot in Gospel Oak into a sculptural, low-carbon home shaped by craft, material care and the site’s industrial past.
The Regenerative Architecture Index 2026 is open for entries
Jason Sayer2026-01-19T09:24:59+00:00If you are actively engaging with regenerative principles, or setting out a clear, accountable pathway beyond sustainability, we encourage you to take part. Find out more, including how to enter, here.
Designing for play in the city
Jason Sayer2026-01-09T17:17:50+00:00Susanne Tutsch, founding director of Root And Erect, reflects on the making of a woodland playscape at Chilton Square in King’s Cross, where non-prescriptive play, dense urban constraints and circular construction come together in a space designed to work for all ages, all day.
Reflections: Walt Disney Concert Hall
Jason Sayer2026-01-08T17:24:35+00:00John Pardey revisits Frank Gehry’s Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, examining its conceptual origins, exuberant material language, and its legacy within a generation shaped by icon-making architecture.
Caochan na Creige wins RIBA House of the Year
Jason Sayer2025-12-18T13:02:35+00:00Named RIBA House of the Year 2025, Izat Arundell’s self-built home in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides was recognised for its sensitivity to place, hyper-local materiality and assured response to an extreme landscape.
Looking back at Battersea Power Station
Jason Sayer2025-12-17T07:53:48+00:00WilkinsonEyre director Sébastien Ricard reflects on the long and complex journey to restore Battersea Power Station, exploring how flexibility, mixed use and deep respect for heritage were essential to transforming a near-derelict industrial monument into a resilient piece of city.
68 Erith Hub
Jason Sayer2025-12-16T10:23:50+00:00alma-nac’s transformation of a long-vacant high-street unit in Erith creates a flexible, low-carbon community hub, organised around a generous threshold space that links between street and interior.
The Tractor Shed House
Jason Sayer2025-12-16T10:41:22+00:00Bindloss Dawes Architects has transformed a modest agricultural structure on the edge of Nether Compton, Dorset, into a zero-carbon home, drawing on the pragmatism of rural construction to deliver a warm, precise and light interior.
Reflections: Ronchamp Chapel
Jason Sayer2025-12-02T15:04:15+00:00John Pardey on how Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp Chapel marked a revolutionary departure from his machine-age classicism — a sculptural, light-filled sanctuary where curved walls, hooded towers and a hovering roof reimagined the possibilities of modern sacred architecture.
The Sutton Estate
Jason Sayer2025-11-25T15:06:13+00:00CIVIC and HTA Design’s conservation-led renewal of Chelsea’s historic Sutton Estate transforms four Edwardian mansion blocks into sustainable homes while restoring the estate’s architectural character and reshaping its landscape into a sociable, biodiverse network of gardens.
Dispatches from Dublin: John Tuomey, O’Donnell & Tuomey
Jason Sayer2026-02-20T17:21:33+00:00From the AT Schüco Dublin City Dialogue event, John Tuomey, who was recently awarded the RIAI Gandon Medal lifetime achievement award alongside Sheila O’Donnell, reflects on the barriers facing emerging Irish architectural talent, the need to build true neighbourhoods rather than unit numbers, and why he remains optimistic about the future of Irish architecture.